Paul Bisaccia to Perform at Music on the Green in Tolland

Posted by Cheryl Randino, Community Contributor

Paul Bisaccia

Paul Bisaccia (Posted by Cheryl Randino, Community Contributor)

Community Contributor Cheryl Randino

With fall comes the beginning of the Music on the Green's 2015-2016 concert series. Their first concert will feature Paul Bisaccia on Sunday, October 18, 2015, 3:00 PM at the United Congregational Church of Tolland (UCCT) located at 45 Tolland Green.

Paul made his European debut at age 17 and has performed concerts on four continents. He graduated summa cum laude and first in his class from the Hartt School. His vast repertoire includes the great piano classics and he was the first artist to record the complete solo piano music of Gershwin. His PBS television show, Gershwin by Bisaccia, has been seen by millions and was dubbed into Mandarin Chinese for broadcast in Asia. Michael Feinstein calls Paul Bisaccia and the Great American Piano, his second television show for PBS, "Imaginative, fun, well played and totally satisfying." His third television show, Chopin by Bisaccia has been included in his newest DVD release Bisaccia on Television!

The Hartt School honored Paul with the Alumnus of the Year Award and the Governor of Connecticut proclaimed Paul Bisaccia Day in the State of Connecticut. PBS celebrated the day with a rebroadcast of his television shows. Bisaccia was also honored to perform Rhapsody in Blue in inauguration ceremonies for the new theater on the site of Aeolian Hall in New York, where Gershwin himself first performed his legendary masterpiece.A prolific and versatile recording artist, Paul has recorded over 350 individual compositions covering a wide range of composers, all available on amazon.com. Many of his television and film clips can be seen on YouTube. His new book describing his life as a concert pianist, Piano Player - Memoir and Master Class, has just been published. In the winter of 2015 he was a guest lecturer at Harvard University.

This is sure to be a unique piano concert based on Paul's CD featuring waltzes by Scott Joplin, the Carousel Waltz by Richard Rodgers and Sousa's Washington Post March. Music by Stephen Sondheim, Irving Berlin and Gershwin standards will also be performed. In celebration of the new Tony award winning Broadway musical hit, Paul will play his exciting new piano transcription of Gershwin's An American in Paris.

The church is handicap accessible for your convenience. Admission to this concert is $10 at the door with children under 12 years of age free of charge. Please join us at a reception immediately following this concert. For more information, visit www.ucctolland.org/musiconthegreen.html

Don't miss this afternoon of Great American music and Great American Composers at their best!

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